jm_: I don't think I asked the question very clearly. Is it possible to boot machine1 using the standard installer, and then to connect to machine one using ssh to answer the questions, basically a headless installation?

ok thanks, and one more thing. In the kernel could you make it before you reach the logon screen it come up with a terminal like thing, and to get to the logon screen you need to type logon or something?

Hello! I've just installed debian lenny. I need a vnc client, when i write apt-get install vnc it says it is already installed, but i can't use it, i installed realvnc from source, but i can't run it because it needs an older c++ library than it is available in apt

Look buddy, "doesn't work" is a vague statement. Does it sit on the couch all day long? Does it procrastinate doing the dishes? Does it beg on the street for change? Please be specific! Define 'it' and what it isn't doing. Give us more details so we can help you without needing to ask basic questions like "what's the error message".

hi all, i have here a computer system and its sda1 fat32 usb drive is extreem slow 900KB/s i have the idea that the system does not use/support usb2 but is using usb full speed instead, how can i check this?

My script foo is weak -- I have a script that generates a list of 969 rsync commands I'd like to run, preferably 4 at a time, starting the new one when one of the running one finishes. I would plough away with the scripting, but this seems like a general pattern in job control. So what is the "clever" way to do this? Use "at"?

Solver: I tried rTorrent but I didn't find it to have enough options for handling large numbers of torrents, e.g., I want to be able to load up 100 torrents and have my program download/seed them two at a time, ending them when their share ration are appropriate.

hi, i am using lenny and a twinshock ps2->usb adapter. the problem is that J19 and J1B is pressed all the time, somehow. this behaviour is with one pad, two pads. the behaviour is not present on another ps2->usb adaptor. thoughts?

Dell d620 w/ Intel 3945: over time, my wireless slows down; after a day, I notice it streaming movies. down/up of the wireless connection seems to fix it. This has happened w/ etch ipw and lenny iwl. Any ideas?

metalqga a bit of google searching suggests either of these: dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg (which I've used enough in the past, but MoDaX here said is no longer used, so not really sure); or try: edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and changing "ati" to "radeon"

in lenny, neither 'ati' nor 'radeon' would show up in xorg.conf after a dpkg-reconfigure, and there should be no reason to change 'ati' to 'radeon' anyway, as ati should switch to the radeon driver automatically at runtime if a supported radeon is detected

Ubuntu is based on Debian, but it is not Debian, and it is unlikely to live up to Debian's standards (see <Debian policy>). Only Debian is supported on #debian. Use #ubuntu (irc.freenode.net) instead. Even if the channel happens to be less helpful, support for distributions other than Debian is offtopic on #debian. See also <based on debian>.

Hello guys. I have a problem on Debian Lenny. My SATA DVD drive is not detected. (/dev/sr0). I have loaded all necessary modules: ahci, ata_piix , sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata. scsi_mod, cdrom. I will be very thankfull if somebody could help me :)

hi hi, so heres my current conundrum.... i have a pptp server installed, and it is takeing connections and handing out the proper client ips, i can get to the inside ip of the server, but it doesnt seem to route to the rest of the inside subet of the server

drasko: not with your current kernel, you can perhaps find a newer version of the driver that supports your card that could be added to this kernel, or perhaps a newer version of the kernel (which you'd have to compile yourself) would support it

hrmmz, well, i try asking again i think, i have pptpd running on etch server, can connect, it gives proper ips to clients, but i can olny access the server machine , cant get out to the rest of its subnet when connected, any ideas of where to start looking?

def: ah, I see. Well if I recall correctly, in kernel config there is option to use either new libata system or the old one, not both at once. I think to do what you are trying to do requires changes to kernel config. compare /boot/config-<vers> to your gentoo config

Please keep the discussions in #debian on-topic (i.e., Debian support); imagine the chaos if each of the hundreds of people in the channel felt the need to wander off topic for a few minutes every day. #debian-offtopic is the place for longer off-topic discussions.

hey. i don't want to mess around installing unneeded packages. an app is asking me where wx-config is installed. i haven't been able to locate it myself. maybe it's not installed. anyone know what package it is a part of?